Eddie Howe is hopeful that progress on the transfer front can be made this week after receiving assurances from Newcastle United owner Yasir Al-Rumayyan.
The Toon supremo jetted in from the Middle East to watch the Magpies' FA Cup defeat to Cambridge and made a surprise visit to the dressing room to speak to players and management.
First, the PIF chairman headed for the changing rooms and Howe said: "I personally wasn't in there for that.
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"They saw me with my coaching team after that.
"I believe they were very supportive to the players, highlight the fact that we very much in this fight to stay in the league together and they were very much behind everybody."
Howe knows he has the backing to bring in new players and while there is not a bottomless pit of cash, any deal that he can prove his good value for the club will be pursued by the club's top brass.
Newcastle have stayed in talks with Sven Botman's representatives over the weekend but with AC Milan, fighting for the Serie A title with city rivals Inter this term, still keen it may take a bid of over €40million to seal the deal.
The centre-back's representatives refused to deny Newcastle's strong interest over the weekend but said they aren't interested in giving a running commentary on the deal.
However, Newcastle are leaving no stone unturned and have a range of other options including West Ham's Issa Diop who could cost them £11million.
Diop is still being used by West Ham and played in their 2-0 FA Cup win over Leeds on Sunday.
He is out of contract in 2023 and has a year extension option on top of that which leaves West Ham in a strong position on his fee.
The other new name added to the long list of links over the weekend was Monaco's 20-year-old centre-back Benoit Badiashile.
Wolves have been trying to put together a structured deal of €30million but have yet to strike gold with the French side.
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